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salmane

I am trying to use Form::checkbox()
and was wondering if there is ( like for Form::select() ) a way to include a variable that will determine if the checkbox is checked or not.
thank you.

Santiago D.

I do it this way:

$attributes = array(
    'name' => 'checkboxname',
    'value' => 1,
    'checked' => 'checked'
);
$checkbox = \Form::checkbox($attributes);

salmane

Hi Santiago,
the way you have it , it will always give a checked box.
what I was looking for instead is a way to give it a value to check against : something along the lines if( $condition ==true) {$checked='checked';} I know CI has a holder for a variable you can use for this purpose, this avoids repetitive conditional code.

Santiago D.

Not the best way, but the only I could find.

$attributes = array(
    'name' => 'checkboxname',
    'value' => 1,
);

if($dbvalue === 1)
&#123;
    $attributes['checked'] = 'checked';
}

$checkbox = \Form::checkbox($attributes);

(Or you can extend the form class and do it the right way. Just like in CI)

salmane

thanks Santiago. that's exactly how i have it now. I was hoping that i missed something in the Docs... I could extend the class myself but i think this is something that should be built in. it isn't that much to add.. i know the guys are busy plenty making Fuel rock ...... but this is perhaps worth requesting

Harro

For a checkbox, only a 0/1 value is relevant and directly linked to "checked='checked'". Maybe some more intelligence is needed in the method?

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